Archive for the 'RIAA and Record Labels' Category
The Pseudo-death knell of AllofMP3
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello July 3rd, 2007 in AllOfMP3, Digital Music, Digital downloading, Groups Opposing the RIAA, IFPI, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Start-ups, copyright, mp3, russian mp3.It seems that after months of slow economic starvation AllofMP3.com is finally no more. Over the last few years the IFPI and RIAA have mounted a sustained assault on the site, which followed the letter of Russian law, but sold music in a format (MP3) and for a price (cheap as hell) that the dying [...]
The Death Knell Tolls for Pandora and Other Webcasters
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 18th, 2007 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Foolishness, Pandora, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, copyright, last.fm, pyrrhic victories, streaming music, stupid ideas.A couple of weeks ago a little known government body called the Copyright Royalty Board set new rates for webcasters like Pandora, Last.fm and other streaming music services. The new rates made many webcasters and streaming music entrepreneurs apoplectic. Only being tangentially related to the streaming music space I was a bit confused by all [...]
What Evil File-traders Think about the Virtuous RIAA
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 15th, 2007 in AllOfMP3, Groups Opposing the RIAA, Market Research & Intelligence, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Research, Survey, a-list, anti-drm, file sharing, p2p, p2p research.Last week, I mentioned the survey from P2Pnet.net, that AllofMP3.com was promoting on their homepage. Well the good folks at P2Pnet have released some initial data and say they will release the entire data-set on Monday. So far they have over 750 respondents and what looks like some really good directional information on the thinking [...]
ALLofMP3.com: Voice Your Opinion of RIAA
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 13th, 2007 in AllOfMP3, BPI, Conjecture, Digital Music, Groups Opposing the RIAA, IFPI, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Record stores, Web Resources, copyright, trend.Our Russian friends over at ALLofMP3.com are showing the kind of staying power that would make Lexington Steel proud. Despite being perpetually attacked by the bulldogs of the copyright industries ALLofMP3.com continues to evolve their offering and enhance their site. While checking out their latest upgrades I came across a rather incongruous image on the [...]
EMI Goes DRM Free. Offers MP3 trade-in. Really!
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 2nd, 2007 in Apple, Digital Music, EMI, Groups Opposing the RIAA, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, anti-drm, deals, drm, great ideas, iPhone, iPod/iTunes, mobile phone, social ideas.I know I couldnt believe it myself. But unless everyone from the BBC to the WSJ has gotten it wrong its no joke. Sure it was first reported by the good folks that brought you the RARA joke but thats just a coincidence. The jist of this is that EMI will be releasing DRM free [...]
MAJOR RECORD LABELS WITHDRAW FROM RIAA
4 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 1st, 2007 in Apple, Broadband, Digital Music, EMI, Entertainment, Fun with PR, Groups Opposing the RIAA, IFPI, Innovation, Microsoft, Music Musings, RARA, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Viral marketing, anti-drm, copyright, drm, great companies, great ideas, guerilla marketing, satire, social ideas, tech humor.This amazing bit of news was forwarded by Fred Benenson of Free Culture @ NYU. It’s amazing news and a critical development for the online music space. You can get more information at the RARA site and I’ve duplicated their message in full below without commentary:
From: Press Contact <respectartistaudience@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 31, 2007 [...]
Albums are dead, the price of music heading towards and other good news
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 28th, 2007 in Music Musings, NYTimes, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, p2p, social media, trend.So this week is turning out to be another pretty bad PR week for the old music biz but healthy signs for the evolution of the industry overall. From the NYT and USAT to lawmakers and academics everyone appears ready to call the traditional music business dead! Sure, folks on the net have been talking [...]
Albums are dead, the price of music going to zero and other good news
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello March 28th, 2007 in Music Musings, NYTimes, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, p2p, social media, trend.So this week is turning out to be another pretty bad PR week for the old music biz but healthy signs for the evolution of the industry overall. From the NYT and USAT to lawmakers and academics everyone appears ready to call the traditional music business dead! Sure, folks on the net have been talking [...]
Music Sales Down 20% only 80% to go
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello March 21st, 2007 in Digital Music, Entertainment, Music Musings, RIAA and Record Labels.The WSJ is running an article with the rather hilarious title “Sales of Music, Long in Decline, Plunge Sharply“. I wonder if that’ll get any attention with the Luddites over at the RIAA that think suing college students is the answer or the executives in NY and LA that let them do it.
The article, which [...]
RIAA to Users: Cash Registers are Ringing. Thanks!
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 5th, 2007 in Anti-social behaviour, Digital Music, Foolishness, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, copyright, drm, file sharing, lawsuits, profits.The image below is of unknown authenticity and has been circulating around the net. Its apparently the reciept you get after you’ve have forked over protection money to the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA), via their recently launched shakedown site. It’s at least good to know that as the RIAA forges ahead on it’s [...]
